The Trump administration is effectively seeking impunity for the police in the killing that sparked nationwide protest.
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The recent, nationwide phenomenon of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents showing up at federal courthouses to arrest undocumented people after their immigration hearings has inspired an outpouring of volunteers who come to observe the hearings and assist the immigrants and their families. ICE personnel in Sacramento, California, clearly aren’t happy about this. Volunteers say […]
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ICE Agents Are Harassing the Courthouse Volunteers Who Assist Besieged Immigrants Read Post »
Last week, while touring “Alligator Alcatraz,” the new immigrant detention center in Florida, President Donald Trump said he approved of a plan to use National Guard officers as immigration judges in the state. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had been pushing the plan for months as a way to speed up deportations. “He didn’t even have […]
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Experts Question the Legality of Deploying National Guard Officers as Immigration Judges Read Post »
Senate Democrats are introducing legislation today that would force immigration officers around the country to wear clear identification while making public arrests. The VISIBLE Act, introduced by Sens. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), would require officers to display their agency name or acronym as well as their personal name or badge number during […]
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Senators Introduce a Bill Requiring Immigration Agents to Show Their Faces Read Post »
There’s a good chance the United States will see the lowest murder rate it has ever recorded this year, a major change from the early pandemic, when killings skyrocketed. In 2023 and 2024, homicides fell at what appears to be a record pace—and they’re continuing to plummet so far in 2025, according to a recent […]
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Murder Rates Could Hit Record Lows This Year, but Killings by Police Are Rising Read Post »
Even in cities where police decline to work with ICE, local law enforcement still bolster the deportation machine.
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Local Police Departments Are Enabling ICE’s Deportation Machine Read Post »
Retired Brigadier General Greg Smith spent 35 years in the Army National Guard. He’s seen riots. He’s protected political conventions. He led the military’s joint task force in response to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. But he’s never witnessed the US armed forces being used the way they’ve been deployed recently in Los Angeles. “This […]
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“Madness”: A Retired Brig. General Slams Trump’s Military Power Grab Read Post »
Police used batons, tear gas, and “non lethal” projectiles to disperse “No Kings” protesters on Saturday.
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LAPD Attacks “No Kings” Protesters in Los Angeles Read Post »
The assailant also shot and injured another Democratic lawmaker and his wife in a separate incident, officials said.
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Gunman Dressed as Cop Assassinates Democratic State Rep. and Spouse in Minnesota Read Post »
Five years ago today, George Floyd, a 46-year-old unarmed Black man, was murdered by Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, in Minneapolis. The harrowing footage of the murder—in which Chauvin kneeled on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes after a nearby store clerk alleged he tried to purchase cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill—sparked […]
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Report: Police Killings Rose in the Five Years After George Floyd’s Murder Read Post »
It’s been five years since George Floyd was murdered on a Minneapolis street in the Spring on 2020. Though far from novel, this particular act of state violence shocked the world and ignited one of the largest protest movements in modern history. In my latest video, I argue that this moment was much bigger than […]
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Everything Changed After George Floyd. Five Years Later, What Have We Learned? Read Post »
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